THE SPEECHES, REPORTS, AND OTHER DOCUMENTS
CONNECTED THEREWITH,

THE

ORATION OF THE HON. R. B. RHETT,

BEFORE THE LEGISLATURE,

&c. &c.

PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE LEGISLATURE.

COLUMBIA, S. C.

PRINTED BY A. S. JOHNSTON.

1850.

U.S.5003,35

1865, Aug. 7.
Gift

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Henry Extando la M. ɔ, of Cambridy port.

Message of the Governor of South Carolina to the Legislature,

concerning the death of Mr. CALHOUN,..

1

Proceedings in the Senate of the United States,---

Mr. Butler's Speech,---.

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9

Mr. Holmes's Speech, in the House of Representatives,--

36

Mr. Winthrop's Speech,--

47

Mr. Venable's Speech,-.

50

Report of D. Ravenel, Esq., Chairman of Committee of Twenty-

Proceedings at Wilmington,-----

Minutes of the Final Meeting of the Committee of Twenty-Five,

Narrative of proceedings in Charleston, by the Mayor,----

Resolution of the City Council of Charleston, in relation to the

disposal of the body of Mr. CALHOUN,---

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82

86

108

Gov. Seabrook's letter on the same subject,-.

109

Lieut. DeSaussure's Letter, tendering services of Washington Ar-

tillery Company,--.

109

Letter of Chairman of Vestry of St. Philip's Church;-------

Resolutions of the Legislature of Pennsylvania,---.

Proceedings in the Legislature of New York,-----.

Proceedings of the New York Historical Society,---

Gov. Seabrook to Hon. R. B. Rhett, requesting him to deliver an

112

115

Oration before the Legislature, on the life, character, and services

of Mr. CALHOUN,--

117

Mr. Rhett's reply.-----.

118

Mr. Rhett's Oration,- - - -

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MESSAGE

OF

THE GOVERNOR OF SOUTH CAROLINA,

TO THE LEGISLATURE,

IN RELATION TO

THE DEATH OF MR. CALHOUN.

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
COLUMBIA, November 27, 1850.

Fellow Citizens of the Senate,

and House of Representatives:

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Since your adjournment, in December last, South Carolina has presented a scene of sadness and affliction. In a few months, four of her faithful public servants, exercising distinguished and highly responsible public trusts, under the Federal and State Governments, have passed from time to eternity. To this bereavement, it behooves us, as a people, humbly to submit, in the encouraging assurance that the chastenings of Providence are tempered with mercy and loving kindness.

On the 31st of March, in the city of Washington, JOHN CALDWELL CALHOUN, one of the Senators from this State, terminated his earthly career. The announcement of the death of so eminent a citizen called forth the strongest manifestations of grief